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тАО08-04-2009 03:55 AM
тАО08-04-2009 03:55 AM
This is my second DL360 - my other is a G4 and with the G5 I elected to go with the full 6 disk configuration.
I have 6 2.5" 72G disks and the system will only "see" the bottom row of 4...
I checked that there is the sas cable from the second sas backplane port (inside one) a black shielded cable running back to the p400i where it is plugged into the rear connector. (This is how it came configured - is that right or do I need to connect via the front connector on the p400i/backplane adapter nearer the left side of the server?)
The top two disks are not detected at all, nor do they light blue, orange or green at all. They work in the lower drive bays so the disks appear ok. They are not detected at all in the smart array config utility.
When I configured the lower row of 4 disks I found that I could make my RAID 1 + 0 amounting to one logical disk of 4 physical at approx 140G realestate. This configured and saved ok - then I installed Debian Stable 5.0 base system which saw the disk array as a single logical drive and installed fine - grub and all...
Then on reboot the system hangs at
Attempting to Boot From CD-ROM
Attempting to Boot From Hard Drive (C:)
All four lower row drives are blinking green.
I would appreciate any insight provided. I am searching and re-searching the resources here and on the web as well.
TIA
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тАО08-04-2009 11:15 PM
тАО08-04-2009 11:15 PM
SolutionBR, Oleg.
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тАО08-05-2009 12:23 AM
тАО08-05-2009 12:23 AM
Re: Two questions on DL360G5 p400i 6 disks - sees 4 (lower row only) and then won't boot with Debian
I note that I only have a single cable running from that top backplane and clearly the diagram you point to in that documentation suggests I need two. I asked the supplier to ensure that all additional cabling was supplied and have subsequently asked them to supply it or confirm that it is not needed.
Without such a cable I cannot troubleshoot as you suggest but I am very grateful for the advice.
I am reading elsewhere that grub when installed on the smartarray needs to have the smart array in the boot order before the cdrom to work so I am investigating my second issue on that basis in the mean time.
Thanks again.
Will
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тАО08-05-2009 12:37 AM
тАО08-05-2009 12:37 AM
Re: Two questions on DL360G5 p400i 6 disks - sees 4 (lower row only) and then won't boot with Debian
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тАО08-06-2009 05:12 AM
тАО08-06-2009 05:12 AM
Re: Two questions on DL360G5 p400i 6 disks - sees 4 (lower row only) and then won't boot with Debian
maybe GRUB didn't set itself up correctly.
Boot into rescue mode, mount and chroot to the hard disk and do the following to setup grub correctly.
This is assuming your disk is /dev/cciss/c0d0 which is what the smart array normally is.
/sbin/grub
when grub starts enter the following
device (hd0) /dev/cciss/c0d0
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
quit
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тАО08-06-2009 04:25 PM
тАО08-06-2009 04:25 PM
Re: Two questions on DL360G5 p400i 6 disks - sees 4 (lower row only) and then won't boot with Debian
I am not experienced with these raid arrays.